Environmental influence on the choice of medicinal animals: a case study from northeastern Brazil

• Hauptverfasser: Iamara da Silva Policarpo Brito (Verfasst von), Anna Karolina Martins Borges (Verfasst von), Sérgio de Faria Lopes (Verfasst von), Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias (Verfasst von), Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Animals from various taxonomic groups are commonly used in folk medicine, and their selection seems to be directly linked to their availability and accessibility. In the present study, we analyzed the use of animals as a source of folk medicines in a community in northeastern Bra...